The Horseman's Ways of Making Me Understand by His Voice

Spirited horses are often called skittish when it is only play. But our john knew it was only high spirits. He had his own ways of making me understand by the tone of his voice or the touch of his rein if he was very serious and quite determined. And that had more power with me than anything else, for i was very fond of him. I ought to say that sometime we had our liberty for a few hours. This used to be on fine sundays in the summer time. The carriage never went out on Sunday because the church was not far off. It was a great treat to us to be turned out into the home paddock or the old orchard